Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

A weekend tramp to Waiopehu Hut. Saturday - Up the Waiopehu Track to the hut. Sunday - Up to Richards Knob and back down the Gable End Track.
Saturday, 15 August 2015
Start of the Waiopehu track - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Start of the Waiopehu track

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
Lunch stop - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Lunch stop

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
The old hut site - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

The old hut site

Some idiot decided to paint the tree pink (hmm it may kill the tree!!) - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Some idiot decided to paint the tree pink (hmm it may kill the tree!!)

Almost there (hut centre photo) - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Almost there (hut centre photo)

Waiopehu hut - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Waiopehu hut

Susan and Kane trying to stay warm inside the second coldest hut in the Tararuas - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Susan and Kane trying to stay warm inside the second coldest hut in the Tararuas

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
John and Susan ready for the walk out - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

John and Susan ready for the walk out

Climbing up Waiopehu - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Climbing up Waiopehu

Lake Horowhenua - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Lake Horowhenua

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
Paddy - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Paddy

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
Ralph Wood who died in 1936 aged 29 (caught in a storm and died on Twin Peak from exposure and exhaustion) - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Ralph Wood who died in 1936 aged 29 (caught in a storm and died on Twin Peak from exposure and exhaustion)

Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August
Kohen and Monsta - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Kohen and Monsta

DW - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

DW

At Richard's Knob crossroad - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

At Richard's Knob crossroad

Back across the farmland to the cars - Waiopehu Hut 15-16 August

Back across the farmland to the cars

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